I found a beautifully smooth sorta egg shaped rock. I suspect this rock has been buried in the back corner of my yard for well, since the ice age broke it off some mountain and rolled it along with other rocks until it took on the shape with no sharp edges, just nice round corners... It is a BIG rock. Too heavy for me to dig out and carry to the deck. My hubby did that work.
But it just seemed to be begging for very pretty and special lacy crochet. Mainly it is sort of an oval doily, with just a bit of adjustment on the last rounds to make it fit the rock tightly so it doesn't just come off. It meant turning the rock over and back quite a few times to make sure it was all smooth and tight with no loose or rippled sections...
I would say, I have got quite carried away with crochet on rocks! I must head over to the thrift store today to see if I can find some of that old style verigated cotton crotchet thread -- there seems to be none in the regular places where one buys crochet cotton...
All the rocks around here are this sort of medium speckled grey. I am wondering where I might find, a darker grey or perhaps some really light coloured rocks. I wonder if a trip to the Okanogan area might uncover some different coloured rocks?? Or are the rocks there sharp edged and not worn down? The Ocean edge? A ride to Ladner or West Vancouver, or along the Stanley Park Seawall?? Well, must keep looking...
